Back in 2009, Lesley Esteves was dancing in the streets after judges in Delhi decriminalised homosexuality. When the Delhi High Court suspended the draconian Section 377 of the Indian penal code which dated from the days of British rule, Indiaâ€™s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community thought there was no turning back.

Five years on the euphoria has gone. In December, the countryâ€™s highest court overturned the lower courtâ€™s ruling, once again making gay sex a crime punishable by up to ten years in jail and putting tens of millions of Indians at risk of prosecution or harassment. Last month, that court â€“ which had said gay people in India were just a â€śminuscule minorityâ€ť â€“ upheld its decision against an appeal and said it was up to the government to change the law....

Jim Lincoln wrote:Gentlemen, what does that have to do with the paganism of India and even more importantly, (though not being a Christian should rank on the top of anyone's list of things to change ) Anti-Christian violence in India or The Inadequacy of Moralism that is often displayed by countries with a lot of religion, but very little Christianity?

So ? keeping perverts under control benefits any society,christian or otherwise

Gentlemen, what does that have to do with the paganism of India and even more importantly, (though not being a Christian should rank on the top of anyone's list of things to change ) Anti-Christian violence in India or The Inadequacy of Moralism that is often displayed by countries with a lot of religion, but very little Christianity?

Misinterpretation and misapplication of this verse caused no end of woe in 17th century America: "Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live." (Exodus 22:18)

Inadequtely understood morals has led to an "Inadequacy of Moralism" in all of western civilization. Eveyone now does what's right in his own eyes. The pendulum has swung to utter sexual anarchy. This, too, is a pox on your once great Christian nation.

Pagan societies like India's can't cure the problem their country is really suffering from--not being Christian. When and if they make the leap of faith, they will aways suffer from The Inadequacy of Moralism.